Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The Ukraine ‘s government blames a Russia-linked APT group for an attack on a government document management system, the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies (SEI EB). “The malicious documents contained a macro that secretly downloaded a program to remotely control a computer when opening the files.

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Government Computers and Electronics Cyber Attacks Hacking 119

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Just this month, according to Bleeping Computer, electronics retail giant MediaMarkt suffered. The post Examples of Large & Small Business Cyber Attacks: Fighting for Survival Against a New Wave of Cyber Criminals appeared first on Allot's Network Security & IoT Blog for CSPs & Enterprises.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. What should we learn from this?

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Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Ransomware 111

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

According to Paul Boghossian (Fear of Knowledge, Against Relativism and Constructivism), Luciano Floridi ( The Fourth Information Revolution and its Ethical and Policy Implications) and the internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy we might divide knowledge into 4 separate categories. Section 1: The certainty. The information that I had.

Computers and Electronics 106

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Education Cybersecurity 106

SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

A young woman plays on the Electronic Arts (EA) newest product “Sims2 – Nightlife” at a Computer Gaming Convention on August 18, 2005 in Leipzig, Germany. Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images). Two other incidents this month highlight how even industry titans are getting battered.

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Computers and Electronics Media Marketing Cryptocurrency 121

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

rely on a majority of ways for casting a ballot, such as a mix of paper ballots, optical scan, and direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. These vulnerabilities include risk to tampering, fraud, and cyber attacks, which can emphasize the integrity of elections and affect public trust.

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Computers and Electronics Encryption Technology Government 107

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Later in that decade, Frederick Terman returned to Stanford from Harvard as dean of the engineering school and encouraged the development of electronics in local businesses. Kleiner was the founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins was an early Hewlett-Packard computer division manager.) According to the U.S.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. It is thought to be the first computer virus. . years of probation.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

NopSec

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward into 2017 cyber attacks , information security teams have to think like hackers in order to stay ahead of the challenges to come. Media reports in 2016 brought nation-state-sponsored cyber attacks to the public consciousness to an unprecedented degree. The attack may have approached a volume of 1.2

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. Group-IB experts have discovered that the attack on 15 November could have been carried out by the hacker group Silence , and the one on 23 October by MoneyTaker.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2020

The term cyber refers, by and large, to the virtual world of ICT, the Internet and computers. Cyber intelligence is a subset of intelligence. The global growth of the Internet and cyberspace have amplified the need for intelligence operators to go public and to communicate both internally and externally.

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Computers and Electronics Cyber threats Media Cyber Attacks 144

SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

This RAT allows an attacker to surveil and harvest sensitive data from a target computer. Cracked applications are one of the easiest ways for attackers to get malware onto people’s computers: to elevate their privileges, they only need to ask for the password, which usually arouses no suspicion during software installation.

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Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 117

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. Shamoon motivated the Saudis to seriously ramp up the work of its National Cyber Security Center.

Computers and Electronics 113

Computers and Electronics Data privacy Encryption Media 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 11, 2021

A Joint ML+Physics-Driven Approach for Cyber-Attack Resilience in Grid Energy Management (Amritanshu Pandey, Carnegie Mellon University). Multi-Scale Analysis for Improved Risk Assessment of Wildfires Facilitated by Data and Computation (Marta Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley). Siebel, chairman and CEO of C3 AI. “In

Digital transformation 52

Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics Artificial Intelligence 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Penetration testing is a similar approach, but typically involves teams of security pros attempting to simulate a cyber attack to identify weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers. Web application scanners test your websites and web-facing apps for vulnerabilities. These tests typically use vulnerability scanners.

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Mobile Computers and Electronics Risk DDOS 98

Cytelligence

JANUARY 21, 2020

As we enter a more connected reality, we need to be increasingly aware that smart home and IoT (Internet of Things) devices may be convenient but are accompanied by additional critical vulnerabilities. Why is Cyber Security a Smart Home Issue? Connected Cars: Today, cars are essentially computers on wheels.

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IoT Computers and Electronics Hacking Authentication 49

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 20, 2023

3 Ways to Protect Smart Devices from Criminal Exploits madhav Thu, 07/20/2023 - 07:28 When people think of home or business security, they are usually worried about protecting against a physical breaking in via a window or door and a burglar stealing valuables such as jewelry, cash, electronics, and equipment.

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Manufacturing Computers and Electronics IoT Authentication 48

The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2018

To answer those questions we invited two experts into The Security Ledger studio to talk about the evolution of the event and of the cyber security industry itself: Russ Schrader is the Executive director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) and Angel Grant is the Director, RSA Identity and RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Group-IB security experts are warning about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, warns about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. 3.

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Scams Computers and Electronics Phishing Advertising 90

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Privilege Misuse: disgruntled employee e.g. posts sensitive data publicly Lost and Stolen Assets: laptop or phone left in cafe or pickpocketed Denial of Service: DDoS and DoS based attacks Everything Else: things like ATM card skimmers What influences our perception of successful cybersecurity attack causes?

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Cyber Attacks Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

According to the advisory issued by NASA, the number of phishing attempts doubled in the past few days, at the same time the number of malware attacks on its systems has grown exponentially. Refrain from opening your personal email or non-work related social media on your NASA computer systems/devices. ” reads the memo.

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Cyber Attacks Computers and Electronics Phishing Scams 145

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. What did “the internet” think was causing breaches in 2020? But that isn’t what Verizon’s data showed. What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes? Try it out!

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Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 98

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021? What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes? Do those perceptions reflect reality?

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Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 105

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While the impact of these destructive cyber-attacks paled in comparison to the effects of the kinetic attacks taking place at the same time, it should be noted that this capability could in theory be directed against any country outside of the context of an armed conflict and under the pretense of traditional cybercrime activity.

DDOS 145

DDOS Ransomware Government Energy and Utilities 145

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Privilege Misuse: disgruntled employee e.g. posts sensitive data publically Lost and Stolen Assets: laptop or phone left in cafe or pickpocketed Denial of Service: DDoS and DoS based attacks Everything Else: things like ATM card skimmers What influences our perception of successful cybersecurity attack causes?

Cybersecurity 105

Cybersecurity Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering 105

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If the news media and the internet are leading us astray, maybe we can pinpoint what those influences are and systematically reduce our bias on those topics. What did “the internet” think caused breaches in 2021? What influences our perception of cybersecurity breach causes? Do those perceptions reflect reality?

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Phishing 52

Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Privilege Misuse: disgruntled employee e.g. posts sensitive data publicly Lost and Stolen Assets: laptop or phone left in cafe or pickpocketed Denial of Service: DDoS and DoS based attacks Everything Else: things like ATM card skimmers What influences our perception of successful cybersecurity attack causes?

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. Dan found a flaw that could have crippled the internet. We have about 23 sponsors for that.

Backups 40

Backups Software Computers and Electronics Technology 40

Cisco Security

JUNE 25, 2021

I grew up as a computer obsessed misfit in sportsmad rural Ireland. The teachers in the local high school, St Muredachs, did their best to cover the emerging field of Computer Science, and I cannot thank them enough for being my introduction to everything cyber. Cyber attacks during the pandemic escalated by as much as 600%.

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CISO Healthcare InfoSec Computers and Electronics 109